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BarCampCapeTown

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Bar Camp Cape Town

 

Bar Camp Cape Town

 

NOTE: Wiki password

... is c4mp

 

 

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We have a date, 15 - 16 June 2006 (Public Holiday), 17 June 2006 if required.

 

 

What's The Big Idea?

 

Welcome to the initial planning phases of BarCampCapeTown. The idea is to bring the South African tech/geek/creative community together under one roof in the informal "un-conference" environment as per the Bar Camp Ethos. Think of it as Open-Source conferencing, this is YOUR conference, you present, you discuss, you attend, you spread the word.

 

When

 

Thursday, 15 June 2006 - 16 June 2006 (Possibility of a third day, demand dependant)

 

Time

 

15/06/06: 20:00 till late (Pre-event social and ice-breakers)

16/06/06: 9:00 till late (Main Event)

 

 

Where

 

Somewhere in Cape Town. Venue TBA. Ideas?

.. a sponsored/free venue I assume?

 

Add yourself

 

Email one of the organisers, provide email, phone or IM details and we will make sure you stay in the loop.

Join the BarCamp and BarCampCapeTown mailing lists, email barcampcapetown@gmail.com or blog about the event with this tag: BarCampCapeTown

 

Organizers

 

 

Bar Campers

 

Please add youself as a camper to ensure your place, space is limited.

 

 

Interested Parties

 

 

 

Proposed Sessions

We are encouraging everyone to present something or help with a presentation.

 

  • Introduction to Drupal
  • Introduction to Plone
  • The business of tech: Creating "Startup Culture"
  • Enterprise Java, Java web development, Java GUI development, Java tools
  • Introduction to Podcasting by Glen Verran from The ZA Show Podcast
  • Introduction to PHP
  • Python
  • A talk on Search Marketing
  • A look at some useful PEAR packages, or something about MySQL? What would interest people?

 

More examples:

  • Web 2.0 and its emergence in South Africa
  • Beating the cost of telephone with VOIP
  • Discussion on Wifi meshes.
  • Ruby on rails demo
  • The value of RSS

 

Session Structure

 

We will have at least two official rooms running concurrently. You can pick where you want to attend.

Structure: 30 minute slots (including discussion) , 10 minute break every hour.

 

Proposed Activities

 

  • Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner/Drinks
  • Live blogging, video, IRC chat, podcasting, and the works.
  • Fishbowl events
  • Speedgeeks
  • Add yours here..

 

("Speedgeek"? What's that?)

 

Cost

 

Free. But there's a catch. Attendees are expected to contribute back to the conference by participating actively. "Active participation" might mean giving a presentation, helping with a presentation, blogging or podcasting the event, or whatever other creative ways to contribute people can come up with.

 

What we need

 

Please let me know if you can help with any of these.

  • Projectors and Screens
  • PA Systems
  • Wifi Network infrastructure??
  • Some sort of internet connectivity (Iburst, Sentech, 3G, Long-Range Wifi?)
  • Help with T-Shirts
  • Help with a flyer design and printing
  • Audio and video equipment for recording
  • Food
  • Coffee
  • Chairs and Desks
  • A venue

 

Sponsors (Who/What)

 

Confirmed:

 

*Stormhoek: Web 2.0's grooviest wine (providing some wine)

 

 

Thats it for now, please blog about this event and use the tag: BarCampCapeTown

 

Who's talking about us?

daemon.co.za

uberellis.com

coda.coza

Mark's Digital Farm

A Group of Web AddiCT(s);

Digg it!

powertrip.co.za

devkungfoo.com

Neverness

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